Comments on: Open Salon http://rc3.org/2008/08/12/open-salon/ Rafe Colburn on software development (and other topics) Mon, 21 May 2012 23:52:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Scott Rosenberg http://rc3.org/2008/08/12/open-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-2946 Scott Rosenberg Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:56:36 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8358#comment-2946 <p>The Salon alumni talent roll is even more extensive but far too long for me to remember!</p> <p>I too wish Salon had been able to get Open out the door much faster. That was my great frustration in my final year there. It's a long story -- nothing sinister, just the usual sorts of problems.</p> <p>The thing is, even though it feels old hat to so many tech-world veterans, this stuff is still shockingly new to a surprisingly large population.</p> <p>When we started the first Salon blogs program in 2002 I remember thinking, "Gee, we're getting into this awfully late, maybe blogging has already peaked." So it's, er, all relative!</p> The Salon alumni talent roll is even more extensive but far too long for me to remember!

I too wish Salon had been able to get Open out the door much faster. That was my great frustration in my final year there. It’s a long story — nothing sinister, just the usual sorts of problems.

The thing is, even though it feels old hat to so many tech-world veterans, this stuff is still shockingly new to a surprisingly large population.

When we started the first Salon blogs program in 2002 I remember thinking, “Gee, we’re getting into this awfully late, maybe blogging has already peaked.” So it’s, er, all relative!

]]> By: https://me.yahoo.com/magnusvk#b33d5 http://rc3.org/2008/08/12/open-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-2945 https://me.yahoo.com/magnusvk#b33d5 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:01:12 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8358#comment-2945 <p>About those oustanding blogs you read: you don't happen to publish your blogroll anywhere, do you?</p> About those oustanding blogs you read: you don’t happen to publish your blogroll anywhere, do you?

]]> By: Matt Haughey http://rc3.org/2008/08/12/open-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-2944 Matt Haughey Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:35:19 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8358#comment-2944 <p>Oops, it was actually art director of Salon, not CD: http://www.misbehaving.net/caterina.html</p> Oops, it was actually art director of Salon, not CD: http://www.misbehaving.net/caterina.html

]]> By: Jacob Davies http://rc3.org/2008/08/12/open-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-2943 Jacob Davies Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:30:57 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8358#comment-2943 <p>It's never too late to do something if you do it well enough. You may not conquer the market, but then again being first doesn't guarantee that either. (cf. Altavista)</p> <p>At least, that's my excuse.</p> <p>Seriously though, there is always space for a better execution of any successful idea. We're still improving <i>light bulbs</i>, so social blog platforms ought to still have life in them yet.</p> It’s never too late to do something if you do it well enough. You may not conquer the market, but then again being first doesn’t guarantee that either. (cf. Altavista)

At least, that’s my excuse.

Seriously though, there is always space for a better execution of any successful idea. We’re still improving light bulbs, so social blog platforms ought to still have life in them yet.

]]> By: Rafe http://rc3.org/2008/08/12/open-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-2942 Rafe Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:39:03 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8358#comment-2942 <p>I don't think I ever knew that.</p> I don’t think I ever knew that.

]]> By: Matt Haughey http://rc3.org/2008/08/12/open-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-2941 Matt Haughey Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:37:40 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8358#comment-2941 <p>Don't forget that Caterina Fake (cofounder, Flickr) was the creative director of Salon.com way back when as well.</p> Don’t forget that Caterina Fake (cofounder, Flickr) was the creative director of Salon.com way back when as well.

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